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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.

J. C. Ryle

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
J. C. RYLE

Deep Humility Secret Spiritual Strength True
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Born Day Himself Man
God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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Conversion God Guilty Himself Love Weakness
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Circumstance Happiness Heart State
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
J. C. RYLE

Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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God Save Sin Willing
The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
J. C. RYLE

Care God Happiness World
To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Give Up Hypocrisy Regret Repent Sin Sorry
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
J. C. RYLE

Kind Offend Religious Sacrifice World Worth
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
J. C. RYLE

Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Happiness Himself Save Scripture True
If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
J. C. RYLE

God Holy Man Scripture Yourself
The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Change End Friendship Himself Love
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLE

Intellectual Live Ourselves Scripture Tongue

Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.

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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.

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